LNER launched its new Lincoln to King’s Cross ‘Azuma’ service on October 21, increasing the single daily service to five per day. A sixth service
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New Azuma train to include six new services to Harrogate
LNER is set to introduce new Azuma services between Harrogate and London’s King Cross from December 15 2019.
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Uninspiring train liveries
Seeing the photo of the new EMR livery on the front of the September issue highlights what to me is a retrograde step – I
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Podcast: Azuma – Train of the future
This year, LNER launched the new Hitachi-built Class 800 Azuma express trains – due to replace their entire fleet by summer 2020. Railway Magazine Editor
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5 facts you may not know about the ‘Azuma’ train
LNER launched its first passenger services on the East Coast Main Line on May 15, using the Hitachi-built Class 800 ‘Azuma’ express trains as part of a rolling programme to replace both its Class 91 and Mk4 and HST fleets.
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‘Azuma’ makes Scottish debut as LNER ponders extra trains
By Ben Jones LNER introduced its first Anglo-Scottish ‘Azuma’ diagram on August 1, with more services expected to move over to the new trains in
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First Class 91 withdrawn to become spares donor
LNER Class 91 No. 91108 became the first of the 31-strong class to be taken out of service on July 22. Withdrawal of Class 91s was
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Class 91s facing sidelines as Mk4 stock goes for store
THE first Class 91 locos are expected to be withdrawn by LNER from July. They are becoming surplus to requirements as diagrams for the Hitachi
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Azuma officially launches at York in special ceremony
David Horne, Managing Director of LNER, officially launched the Azuma trains, ahead of services commencing north to Edinburgh on August 1.
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Mallard to leave National Railway Museum to meet new Azuma trains
Mallard will be out of its usual exhibition space at the National Railway Museum to meet the newest train on the block, Azuma.
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